Security Hardening

Common Problems 118034

Ubuntu 18.04 failed to fetch updates from repositories

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure LDAP Security on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure LDAP Security on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to LDAP Security LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is the protocol that applications use to query and modify Active Directory. By default, Windows Server 2019 domain controllers accept LDAP connections on port 389 without requiring signing or channel binding, making them vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks where an attacker can intercept and relay LDAP authentication. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — go-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — go-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: go — invalid headers are normalized, allowing request smuggling Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16276 Upstream summary: The Go project reports: net/http (through net/textproto) used to accept and normalize invalid HTTP/1.1 headers with […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-imap — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-imap — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php-imap — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001  +1 more Upstream summary: The following DoS condition in IMAP extension was fixed in PHP […]

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Arch Linux — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201707-23 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10987 CVE-2017-10986 CVE-2017-10985 CVE-2017-10984 CVE-2017-10983 CVE-2017-10978 CVE-2017-9148 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.0.14-4. Fixed in: 3.0.15-1. Group: AVG-357. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_snmp+mod_accel+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_snmp+mod_accel+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]

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FreeBSD 12 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cacti — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4032 CVE-2010-1431 CVE-2013-1434 CVE-2013-1435 CVE-2013-5588 CVE-2013-5589 CVE-2014-2326 CVE-2014-2327  +12 more Upstream summary: Cacti repo reports: security #GHSA-c5j8-jxj3-hh36: Authenticated RCE via multi-line SNMP responses security […]

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Common Problems 118551

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – black screen after installing NVIDIA driver – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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FreeBSD 12 — gld — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gld — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gld — format string and buffer overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1099 CVE-2005-1100 Upstream summary: Gld has been found vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows as well as multiple format string vulnerabilities. […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — python-virtualenv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — python-virtualenv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1413 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18074 CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-11236 Upstream summary: urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in […]

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